Hello there cartoon fans i thought that instead of producing the next Cartoon History i'd tell you my thoughts of two recently released pilots and honestly one of the pilots has me excited while the other has me interested in the fact it offers something different.
The plot of the pilot for Summer Camp Island is that Oscar and his best friend are having there annual sleepover and that best friend invites someone else. I'll admit the summery i gave doesn't really do it justice just due to what happens in the end and just based of that alone makes me interested because it is something different. Now the plot for Craig Of The Creek is Craig and his best friends go on a journey to help Craig get his staff back i have to say that the pilot to this show reminded me alot of Recess and that's not a bad thing at all.
Now i can't say if Summer Camp Island has a great cast of characters since in just the pilot we didn't see much of them but i can say that the characters in Craig Of The Creek and they all have there own little quirks like for example one of Craig's friends will sometimes narrate her own life like it's a book and she's the hero not only is that clever and it also makes the character more interesting.
I do have to give Cartoon Network alot of credit here because a show like Summer Camp Island is a big risk for them to take not only is it an odd premise but the characters also look strange and the story telling is alot more adult then most of their shows are and you could even make the argument that Craig Of The Creek is a risky show as well.
I can see why people would be put off by the artwork of Summer Camp Island i mean instead of making cartoony looking designs they look like real animals and while that did in fact throw me off at first especially when you add in the large pupils i think that once you get past that you'll find a strange show that is oddly entertaining.
As for the designs in Craig i think it's pretty clear that the creators who also worked on Steven Universe made their characters look like Steven Universe characters (if that makes any sense at all?) but with that being said the characters do look good.
In terms of jokes i'd have to say that Craig is s freaking funny i cannot count the amount times just in the pilot episode alone that i lost it there's even a Steven Universe cameo in there i won't spoil where the cameo is but when you see it you'll know all of the jokes in that pilot to me worked.
However the same cannot be said for Summer Camp Island i don't know why but none of the jokes in the pilot episode really worked altho i did like the fact that everything in that camp is strange and odd that was pretty clever and i hope they go further with it when the show premiers.
So there you go guys that is what i think of these two pilots and honestly i cannot wait to watch more from these two shows it's just a shame we don't know when they will actually start airing episodes.